Stock-tie lead



J. C. CHESTER.

STOCK TIE LEAD.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 6. 1919.

1,344,791. Patentbd June 29, 1920.

lllllllllillllllll-mllll- I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. CHESTER, OF MODESTO, CALIFORNIA.

STOCK-TIE LEAD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMns C. CHns'rnR, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Modesto, in the county of Stanislaus, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock- Tie Leads; and I do declare the following to be a clear, full, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in means for tying and leading cattle and is especially adapted and intended to be used" with calves. Such young animals are very apt to be skittish and hard to restrain. At the same time, their actions are harmless, and women and children on farms are accustomed to being among and handling the calves. The nose ring has always been considered the best device for handling refractory cattle and especially bulls, on account of the enforced obedience it exacts from the animal by reason of the pain inflicted on the tender nose by the ring when pulled on.

The greater majority of calves, however, are raised for milk or beef purposes and consequently a permanent ring is unnecessarIy with such relatively tame animals.

he principal object of my invention, therefore, is to provide a ring to which a leading rope may be attached, which will be easily placed in position in the animals nose, and as easily removed, but which cannot be removed or displaced as long as there is pressure on the rope.

second object is to construct such a device in such a manner that while having a secure hold on the animal, it will not pierce the delicate membrane of the nose and is therefore a much more humane device than the present used rings.

A third object is to provide a ring so constructed that if desired it may be used as a permanent ring which cannot be displaced accidentally, thereby making it suitable for use on bulls, retaining, however, the humane features previously described.

Still another object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects, I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 29 1920 Application filed October 6, 1919.

Serial No. 328,797.

the parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

On the drawings, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a fanciful representation of the head of a calf, showing my improved device in place.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, with the parts closed together.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof, showing one of the hinged members raised to permit the ring portion to be unlocked.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation showing the parts opened out.

. Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 designates one of the members of my device. This member is preferably a flat piece of metal, which may be stamped,

out or bent to shape. It has a hook shaped portion 2 having a smooth contoured and oblong knob 3 on the end thereof. I A suit able distance below the hook, the member 1 terminates in an eye 4.

Pivotally mounted to the member 1 on a pin 5 suitably located thereon is a hook shaped member 6, of the same shape and size as the hook 2 and likewise provided with a knob 7 on its outer end. These hook members, while lying one on top of. the other, are suitably bent. so that the knobs 3 and 7 will be'in alinement as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The hook member 6, terminates just below the pin 5 in a hinge 8, in which is hinged a member 9 provided with an eye 10 on its lower end adapted to aline with the eye 4 when the hooks 2 and 6 are in closed position. Small orifices 11 are drilled through the members 1 and 9 in alinement with each other when the eyes 4 and 10 are likewise in alinement and are adapted to receive a cotter pin or similar locking means therethrough.

On the edges of the member 9 are flanges 12 adapted to bear against the edges of the member 1 when the eyes are in their alined position. When in such position, the hook members are also closed, or practically so,

ail

liciently wide that there will be no pinching or tearing of the delicate and sensitive membrane which divides the nostrils.

The flange 12, on the side of the member 9 toward which the hook 6 turns when opening, is somewhat longer than the flange on the other side, being adapted when in locked position to bear against the edge of the hook 6, as shown at 13, and so preventing any tendency of the said hook to twist laterally in its hinge under a sharp strain, and providing a more rigid joining of the members 6 and 9 under working conditions.

In the operation or the device, the member 9 must first be turned on its hinge so as to clear the flanges 12. The hook 6 may then be turned on its pin 5 to move it away from the hook 2. The device may then be inserted into the animals nose, and the parts turned to lock the same in position. Jr rope 1-l-, preferably having a knot on its end, is then placed through the eyes 10 and l, in the order named so that the knot bears against the eye 10. It will thus be impossible, as long as there is any pulling strain on the rope, for my device to be removed from the animals nose, as the rope hearing on the member 9 holds the members 9 and 1 firmly together and the flanges 12 in position, which in turn prevents the hook G from turning relative to the hook 2.

Thus, from the "foregoing description, it will readily be seen that 1 have produced such device as substantially fulfils the ob jects of the invention as set forth herein.

lVhile this sepcification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice, such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A stock-tie lead comprising a pair of hooks pivoted together to form a ring and having knobs on one end thereof, eyes on the opposite ends of such hooks, such eyes being adapted to aline and abut against each other when the hooks are in their closed position, and means on one eye adapted to then engage the other eye whereby when the eyes are in such abutted alinement the hooks cannot then be opened.

A stock-tie lead comprising a pair of hooks pivoted together to form a ring, knobs on the ends of the hooks, eye members extending from the hooks below the pivotal point thereof, one of such eye members being formed integral with its hook and the other one hinged to its hook transversely of the pivotal point thereof, the eye members being adapted to lie one on the other and to receive a leading rope therethrough when the hooks are closed together, and means on the hinged eye member cooperating with the integral member whereby when such members are in their adjacent positions the hooks cannot be opened.

A stock-tie lead comprising a pair of hooks pivoted together to form a ring, knobs on the ends of the hooks, eye members extending from the hooks below the pivotal point thereof, one of such eye members being formed integral with its hook and the other one hinged to its hook transversely of the pivotal point thereof, the eye members being adapted to lie one on the other and to receive a leading rope therethrough when the hooks are closed together, and flanges on the edges of the hinged eye member adapted to extend over and lie adjacent the edges of the integral member whereby when the eye members are in their adjacent positions, the hooks cannot be turned on the pivotal point to open the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES C. CHESTER. ll itnesses BERNARD PRIVACY, FRANK H. CARTER. 

